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So, guess what, internet… I’m planning a wedding. For myself. Because I’m engaged. I figured you should know. So I think I’ll share some of my thoughts on planning a wedding, specifically in Utah.

I recently printed out a checklist of all the things I have to do before I get married. It’s a long list, but we’ve been working on cutting out things we don’t need. Like a wedding coordinator. Why would we need someone to tell us what we want for our wedding (which will be in a free venue, mind you–a huge perk to LDS-dom–in a beautiful, pre-decorated castle), and what we want our decor to be in our also-free reception venues (two receptions, one south, one north Utah). In this day of the internet, where I can find all the ideas I need (and some I don’t need) for this stuff, what would be the point to pay someone to look on the internet for me?

Another thing I’ve crossed off because we don’t need it? Bridesmaids. For an LDS wedding, there’s not a huge procession where all the women involved have to wear matching dresses. In all reality, I don’t see a point in having bridesmaids except to pose for a few pictures wearing dresses that are only flattering on 50% of the girls (unless you were part of the “popular” crowd, where all of the girls you would ask to be your bridesmaids were carbon copies of each other. This is probably what my insane roommate’s wedding will look like, however. I believe she is also engaged. Although, I haven’t had occasion to ask, or even talk to her. But that’s beside the point. In fact, I don’t even know if I’ll find a maid of honor. I’ll probably just have my mother help me out. I can’t imagine asking one of my few female friends to do it–I’m not necessarily close enough with any of them to ask anyway. I can’t imagine any of them WANTING that kind of responsibility on my behalf. It just seems very silly when I have a mother and myself who are both very capable of taking care of ourselves and this occasion… Although, this may mean I will likely have the tamest-ever bridal shower, filled with gifts like nice hand soap from Bath & Body Works or a gift card to Maidenform or Target. Perhaps a nice bath rug or framed picture. Which is cool, too. That’s how I roll.

Let’s see, what else… Ah. Reception entertainment. Now, we haven’t necessarily nixed this concept altogether. I’m actually throwing around the idea of hosting an drum circle for the So-tah (southern Utah) reception, inviting all of J.D.’s percussion friends and letting them have at it with their djembes. Which I probably didn’t spell right. Other than that, there will be plenty of children running around to keep everyone entertained. I think we’ll have a table for them, though, with coloring books and games so they’re not SO all-over-the-place. Haven’t decided if we’ll do much dancing. I can’t say I’m really INto the whole Utah dance thing… I still have memories of those awkward middle school “dances” (which I ended up calling “stands” because that’s really all it was–standing, perhaps swaying, and doing a lot of perspiring) and remain jaded. Oh, and church dances. Those were relatively similar. I was never really into the whole standing and swaying thing. I just ended up talking a lot and being three times my awkward self. I don’t think I ever talked so much in my life than I did when I was swaying awkwardly in tandem with a young man who was far more adept at keeping his mouth shut than I was.

Probably why I went to prom with my 11-year-old brother… But hey. J.D. loves me for it. 🙂